Worlds in the Sky: The Story of Planetary Discovery from Earliest Times Through Voyager and Magellan

by William Sheehan

Book Overview

Ever since early star-gazers discovered that some heavenly bodies wandered among the others, people have been fascinated by the planets. Kepler calculated their orbits from naked-eye observations; Galileo's telescope made it possible to discern their markings; now observations from spacecraft provide electronically enhanced images that bring these distant worlds even closer.In Worlds in the Sky, William Sheehan gives us a history of this long fascination,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816512906
• ISBN13: 9780816512904
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.